Yusimi Rodriguez Archives

A Cuban Woman’s Struggle for Human Dignity

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

The official discourse has been effective, even with many people who are victims of racism in Cuba but don’t perceive it.

So What Does Voting for Cuba Mean?

April 20, 2015April 22, 2015

For years, I’ve voted so as not to draw unwanted attention, so that my mom won’t have reason to worry, so as not to run into any problems looking for a job that involves a background check at my Committee for the Defense of the Revolution.

A Cuban with Fifteen Years in China (1)

February 18, 2014February 25, 2014

Isidro Estrada traveled in 1995 to China for the first time, courtesy of a contract with the Xinhua news agency to proofread the Spanish news. Following six years of work there, he returned to Cuba, but in 2005 he went back to China on his own. He currently resides in Beijing with his Chinese wife. We interviewed him on a visit to Havana at the end of 2013.